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readerme269's review against another edition
4.0
Love Lucy Stone and her family an friends!! I can't wait to read more of this series soon :)
acrock31's review against another edition
3.0
it took a bit to get to the murder but it was a good cozy seasonal mystery book
theavidreaderandbibliophile's review against another edition
4.0
Delightful cozy mystery. It is fun to read. Engaging characters and a good mystery. I have read every book in the series. I believe I liked the earlier books the best. I look forward to a new installment each year.
pastelpageturner's review against another edition
4.0
What I love about these mysteries is the consistency and reading as Lucy’s family grow. It isn’t all dark and scary despite being a murder mystery series. Lucy Stone is a mother with a career. While she may have self doubts about herself she doesn’t knock herself down to a bottomless pit. I feel like the more I read these books the more I can relate to her even if she’s “experiencing” parts of life I’ve yet to cross.
Now this time around the killer was not at all on my list of people, but once it was revealed it made sense. I suppose that was the point since the victim had a lot of enemies and the town is close knit. Isn’t that true in life though? Anyone could be the killer. But I’m getting off track.
Turkey Day Murder was a page turner as always. Not only are you engaged in the day to day life of Lucy you’re wondering who will be murdered and who the murderer is. I rather enjoy the fact it isn’t a mystery on page one. There’s built up. There’s getting to know minor characters who reoccur more. It’s not just wanting to solve the mystery. It’s revisiting Tinker’s Cover itself.
I cannot wait to read the next one.
Now this time around the killer was not at all on my list of people, but once it was revealed it made sense. I suppose that was the point since the victim had a lot of enemies and the town is close knit. Isn’t that true in life though? Anyone could be the killer. But I’m getting off track.
Turkey Day Murder was a page turner as always. Not only are you engaged in the day to day life of Lucy you’re wondering who will be murdered and who the murderer is. I rather enjoy the fact it isn’t a mystery on page one. There’s built up. There’s getting to know minor characters who reoccur more. It’s not just wanting to solve the mystery. It’s revisiting Tinker’s Cover itself.
I cannot wait to read the next one.
melrosebreed's review against another edition
5.0
Look, I’m going to give every one of these books a full 5 stars no matter what. They always hit the spot: engaging, fast-paced, and homey.
katiewrites's review
3.0
I flew through this book. The characters pulled me in and held me there, giving me a tour of their lives and getting me excited and nostalgic for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Honestly, the concept of a Thanksgiving mystery is unique, but the way Meier wrote it, it feels obvious. It makes me wonder why more people don’t tackle this theme of family stress and the painful aspects of American history in more mysteries.
Mild Spoilers begin here, though I don’t give away who did it.
The reason I give it three stars is because there wasn’t as much mystery as I was hoping for. The murder doesn’t even occur until over halfway through the book, and it didn’t feel like Lucy really SOLVED the mystery by the end. I did appreciate the time she took to look at how the victim’s death affected the community and those close to him, something that has always kinda bothered me about other murder mysteries. Lucy felt bad for his death, even teared up over it even though she didn’t know him that well. Still, I’d think of this more as a thriller than a mystery, but I know others would disagree with me and I’m okay with that. I will admit, one of the red herrings had me convinced.
The biggest things that pulled me out of the story while I read it were the occasional typos I saw (I was reading an older edition, so maybe those have been fixed in other releases), and how much of a jerk Bill was sometimes. He wasn’t very sympathetic to Lucy at all, and he served more as an obstacle than support for her. Makes me kinda wish Lucy would leave him for some dashing detective, but maybe reading other books in the series where he’s in it more would convince me otherwise.
Overall, it is a cozy book that attempts to be as inclusive and empathetic to Native American cultures as possible, and is relatable for the holiday stress. The mystery is intriguing, the characters are lively and lovable, and the world felt alive and familiar. I’d like to visit it again in other books; I’m just hoping there is a bit more mystery in the other installments.
Mild Spoilers begin here, though I don’t give away who did it.
The reason I give it three stars is because there wasn’t as much mystery as I was hoping for. The murder doesn’t even occur until over halfway through the book, and it didn’t feel like Lucy really SOLVED the mystery by the end. I did appreciate the time she took to look at how the victim’s death affected the community and those close to him, something that has always kinda bothered me about other murder mysteries. Lucy felt bad for his death, even teared up over it even though she didn’t know him that well. Still, I’d think of this more as a thriller than a mystery, but I know others would disagree with me and I’m okay with that. I will admit, one of the red herrings had me convinced.
The biggest things that pulled me out of the story while I read it were the occasional typos I saw (I was reading an older edition, so maybe those have been fixed in other releases), and how much of a jerk Bill was sometimes. He wasn’t very sympathetic to Lucy at all, and he served more as an obstacle than support for her. Makes me kinda wish Lucy would leave him for some dashing detective, but maybe reading other books in the series where he’s in it more would convince me otherwise.
Overall, it is a cozy book that attempts to be as inclusive and empathetic to Native American cultures as possible, and is relatable for the holiday stress. The mystery is intriguing, the characters are lively and lovable, and the world felt alive and familiar. I’d like to visit it again in other books; I’m just hoping there is a bit more mystery in the other installments.
jen286's review
2.0
This review was originally posted to Jen in Bookland
Turkey Day Murder is the first book by this author I have read. I was expecting a fun, light mystery around Thanksgiving day. Maybe a little zany fun. What I got instead was a rather dull read. All of the characters were rather boring, the murder, the investigation, everything. Really Lucy didn't do much investigating she just thought about things for the most part and noticed people as she did her job.
Lucy is a reporter who covers the town meetings. She never writes what really goes on, how the one guy sleeps through the whole thing every time for example, as the small town wouldn't like that. She has three daughters and a son who left for college in the fall and will be home for Thanksgiving. She misses him and is excited to see him again. He is bringing a friend, but she hopes it will be just like it was when he lived there. Only it is not. Her son brought home three friends, they are almost never home, they are just off doing their own thing. Most of this book seems to be about Lucy wanting everything to be perfect and the way it used to be and lamenting it is not. The way she is, the way she thinks, I didn't care for her at all. She just is...she never says anything about things that bother her and just expects them to change. Like she never talks to her son while he is home, just expects him to be the same as he always was. There is talk with her friends about how you never get back the same kid once they go off to college, how that changes them, how they grow, and on and on. There was just a lot of domestic details that I didn't really care about that made the story not so much fun to read.
Through all of that you also have the Metinnicut tribe trying to be recognizes as a tribe. Lucy finds that they have plans to build a casino in town if they do get tribal status and that of course is polarizing in town. Some people support it, some people don't. Curt was a very vocal member of the tribe who doesn't want anything to do with a casino. He is really proud of his heritage and just wants them to be recognized for who they are. He gets in a lot of verbal sparing matches with people so when he shows up dead at the Thanksgiving football game there are a lot of suspects. Lucy's friend asks her to help investigate, and Lucy grudgingly agrees, but then the friend is not very nice to her. When the friend doesn't think she is doing enough or finding the killer fast enough she just tears into Lucy. It was strange and just made me think why would you still help this person out? I mean if they are not going to be thankful for what you can do then why bother with them? Or her husband who doesn't seem like the best as he yells at Lucy for not taking care of the house and stuff. It was just...I didn't really get to know or care for any of the people I met in the book. It was not fun and lighthearted, it was more Lucy bemoaning everything which made me not want to continue reading. I did and it felt like everything just suddenly got wrapped up, but I wanted more of a holiday read. Maybe next year I will find a good Thanksgiving read.
Turkey Day Murder is the first book by this author I have read. I was expecting a fun, light mystery around Thanksgiving day. Maybe a little zany fun. What I got instead was a rather dull read. All of the characters were rather boring, the murder, the investigation, everything. Really Lucy didn't do much investigating she just thought about things for the most part and noticed people as she did her job.
Lucy is a reporter who covers the town meetings. She never writes what really goes on, how the one guy sleeps through the whole thing every time for example, as the small town wouldn't like that. She has three daughters and a son who left for college in the fall and will be home for Thanksgiving. She misses him and is excited to see him again. He is bringing a friend, but she hopes it will be just like it was when he lived there. Only it is not. Her son brought home three friends, they are almost never home, they are just off doing their own thing. Most of this book seems to be about Lucy wanting everything to be perfect and the way it used to be and lamenting it is not. The way she is, the way she thinks, I didn't care for her at all. She just is...she never says anything about things that bother her and just expects them to change. Like she never talks to her son while he is home, just expects him to be the same as he always was. There is talk with her friends about how you never get back the same kid once they go off to college, how that changes them, how they grow, and on and on. There was just a lot of domestic details that I didn't really care about that made the story not so much fun to read.
Through all of that you also have the Metinnicut tribe trying to be recognizes as a tribe. Lucy finds that they have plans to build a casino in town if they do get tribal status and that of course is polarizing in town. Some people support it, some people don't. Curt was a very vocal member of the tribe who doesn't want anything to do with a casino. He is really proud of his heritage and just wants them to be recognized for who they are. He gets in a lot of verbal sparing matches with people so when he shows up dead at the Thanksgiving football game there are a lot of suspects. Lucy's friend asks her to help investigate, and Lucy grudgingly agrees, but then the friend is not very nice to her. When the friend doesn't think she is doing enough or finding the killer fast enough she just tears into Lucy. It was strange and just made me think why would you still help this person out? I mean if they are not going to be thankful for what you can do then why bother with them? Or her husband who doesn't seem like the best as he yells at Lucy for not taking care of the house and stuff. It was just...I didn't really get to know or care for any of the people I met in the book. It was not fun and lighthearted, it was more Lucy bemoaning everything which made me not want to continue reading. I did and it felt like everything just suddenly got wrapped up, but I wanted more of a holiday read. Maybe next year I will find a good Thanksgiving read.